/// <summary>
/// Returns an array of the hierarchy of <see cref="ConfigRegister"/>s.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="highestToLowest">Whether to order the returned array from highest <see cref="ConfigRegister"/> in the hierarchy to the lowest.</param>
public ConfigRegister[] GetConfigRegisterHierarchy(bool highestToLowest = true)
{
List <ConfigRegister> configRegisterHierarchy = new List <ConfigRegister>();
ConfigRegister configRegister = this;
while (configRegister != null && !configRegisterHierarchy.Contains(configRegister))
{
configRegisterHierarchy.Add(configRegister);
// If there's another InheritableConfigRegister as a parent, then get the parent of that, otherwise, break the loop as there are no more parents
if (configRegister is InheritableConfigRegister inheritableConfigRegister)
{
configRegister = inheritableConfigRegister.ParentConfigRegister;
}
else
{
break;
}
}
if (highestToLowest)
{
configRegisterHierarchy.Reverse();
}
return(configRegisterHierarchy.ToArray());
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates an <see cref="InheritableConfigRegister"/> with the parent <paramref name="parentConfigRegister"/> to inherit unset config values from.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parentConfigRegister">The <see cref="ConfigRegister"/> to inherit unset config values from.</param>
protected InheritableConfigRegister(ConfigRegister parentConfigRegister = null)
{
ParentConfigRegister = parentConfigRegister;
}